How important is port forwarding, actually? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by AVeryCleverName@lemmy.one to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've been putting off renewing my mullvad membership because of the port forwarding thing. I only want to use it for torrenting. Is it really crucial to find a VPN that supports port forwarding? If so, what's the go to option now that it's becoming increasingly uncommon?

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[-] not_awake@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

there are perfectly fine alternatives.

Would you mind making some examples please?

[-] WhiteTiger@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://lemmy.world/post/698471

ProtonVPN and AirVPN off the top of my head.

[-] lp0101@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ProtonVPN has dynamic port forwarding via a Windows client (or a python script if on Linux). Just a heads up, since it could be awkward to work out if you're downloading from a headless server.

I've heard AirVPN is good. I switched to iVPN and I'm satisfied

[-] ga22be@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Heads up if you don't already know, IVPN recently announced they are dropping port forwarding like Mullvad recently did. https://www.ivpn.net/blog/gradual-removal-of-port-forwarding/